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EP 1 037 609 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 27.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/39 (21) Application number: 98960903.7 (22) Date of filing: 18.12.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61K 9/10, A61K 9/12 (86) International application number: PCT/AU9801/046 (87) International publication number: WO 9932/088 (01.07.1999 Gazette 1999/26)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE Designated Extension States: LT LV RO (30) Priority: 19.12.1997 AU PP105497 (71) Applicant: Schering-Plough Animal Health Limited North Ryde, NSW 2113 (AU)	(72) Inventor: SHEPHERD, Stanley North Ryde, NSW 2113 (AU) (74) Representative: UEXKÜLL & STOLBERG  PatentanwälteBeselerstrasse 4 22607 Hamburg 22607 Hamburg (DE)